Carolina Mudcats starting pitcher Travis Wood (pictured) and former center fielder Chris Heisey are the only unanimous selections to the North Division team for the Southern League All-Star game July 13 at Birmingham. Heisey won’t be able to play since he had been promoted to Louisville, but he will be in the Major League Futures […]
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Mudcats alumni, Bulls’ foes in TV game Tuesday afternoon
MLB Network will be showing the Louisville Bats’ game against the Gwinnett Braves at the brand-new Gwinnett Stadium on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Chris Heisey (pictured), who was recently promoted from the Carolina Mudcats, should be in the game for Louisville. Durham Bulls fans can of course catch up how both the Bats and the […]
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Mudcats’ slide continues at five
Things just aren’t going well for the Carolina Mudcats, and that didn’t change a bit on Sunday night. Andrew Lambo’s two-run double and Gabriel Gutierrez’ RBI single keyed a four-run rally in the eighth, giving the Chattanooga Lookouts a 6-5 win over the Mudcats in the opener of their six-game series at AT&T Field. It […]
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USA pounds the kids from up North again
DBAP/DURHAM OK baseball fans, today I’m “Safe at Home in Durham” (although I live in Brier Creek now) for Game 4 of the USA National Team’s five-game set with Canada. The Red, White and Blue, which has won all three by comfortable scores, will be favored once again. Not just because the U.S. is just […]
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Team USA Jacks Canadians 14-5
Maybe it was the managerial skills of “Trader Jack” McKeon that inspired a Red, White and Blue comeback on Saturday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Canada burst out to a 5-0 lead after half an inning, but the USA National Team pounded out 14 hits to claim a 14-5 victory and win its third […]
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Mudcats fall to Suns again, depart on a very long bus ride
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON It’s the finale of a long six-game series between the Carolina Mudcats and the Jacksonville Suns, and the homeboys are badly in need of a win. The Mudcats lost the first-half championship of the Southern League’s North Division by one game to the Huntsville Stars, but with one game left in the […]
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Hague, Cole lead another USA romp; bring on Trader Jack
Rick Hague of Rice (pictured) had three hits including a pair of doubles with three RBI, leading a 19-hit attack as Team USA blasted Canada 8-1 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Friday night’s win gave the USA victories in the first two games of the five-game set, which began with a 12-4 victory on Thursday […]
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Heisey called up to Louisville after Mudcats drop third straight
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON I get to the park extra early for fifth game of the Carolina Mudcats’ series against the Jacksonville Suns, with the hosts needing two wins to salvage a tie. The mission is to connect with Mudcats southpaw Travis Wood, for a feature story about him as one of the minor leagues’ top […]
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USA opens internationals with easy win over Canadians
Team veteran Christian Colon of Cal State-Fullerton led the way with a homer, a double, a single and four RBI as the USA National Team rocked Canada 13-4 in their series opener on Thursday night at the National Training Complex in Cary. It was a busy day at the NTC, as the 18U Tournament of […]
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Mudcats have a tough ending, but Heisey gets a nice surprise
FIVE COUNTY STADIUM/ZEBULON It’s Game 4 of the Carolina Mudcats’ first series of the second half, a six-game set against the chosen opponents from the Southern League’s South Division that they’ll play a whopping 25 times before it’s all over. Tonight the Mudcats will try to even the current series at two games apiece. There […]
